Birth
He was born at the Royal Palace in Stockholm and at birth created Duke of Skåne. Gustaf Adolf was a descendant of the Bernadotte kings of Sweden, as well as the House of Vasa. Through his mother Victoria, he was also a descendant of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden of the deposed House of Holstein-Gottorp.
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